Iceland end of March spring break help

[Anonymous]

Family of 4 with 2 teens for maybe 8-10 days?

Need a bit of help getting the general outline of places to see.

Thanks for any advice on places to stay and to look into - can't miss stuff - open to itinerary, not sure if we need to rent a car or just stay put somewhere for a few days like a resort and engage in activities that way?

[Anonymous]

I haven't been but was looking into it and from what I read -

How comfortable are you driving in windy and snowy conditions? That is what you will be looking at in March.

- Have Reykjavik as a home base and do the long day tours if you are not good with driving in icy conditions. If you can drive, get the 4 wheel drive with studded tires and full insurance.

- Must sees - Golden triangle, Kerid Crater, South Iceland - Seljalandfoss, skogafoss
- Glacier lagoon with the Zodiac tours (not the amphibian tours)
- Glacier hike
- Blue ice cave/Crystal caves in Vatnajokull
- Snaefellness peninsula if you have time. From what I read, you need 2 weeks for the entire Ring Road, but for major things to do, people go up to Vatnajokull and turn back.

If you have a car, you can stay in Vik after hitting up the falls and do the glacier lagoon and cave tours from there

People also do the lava cave as a day trip from Reykjavik

[Anonymous]

We were there in March a few years ago and no, you don’t stay in a “resort” for 8-10 days. It’s not the Caribbean. It’s Iceland. You’re going to want a car, but driving in March is not for the faint of heart. One minute its sunny, the next minute it’s snowing. The next minute it’s snowing hard. You turned the corner, and it’s not snowing at all. It gets dark early and it’s always very windy.

It’s a beautiful country and we loved it but you’ve got to get out and see it, you need a car for that, and damn it’s cold!

[Anonymous]

I am not an Iceland expert but 8-10 days seems like sort of an awkward amount of time for Iceland— it might not be enough to do the ring road but it might be a lot to just do day trips out of Reykjavik.

I’d probably look for outfitters that run tours— you might prefer not to be the drivers and even if you don’t use them the itinerary might give you ideas.

[Anonymous]

PS I do remember when we picked up our rental car they warned us not to let the door go when we opened it because sometimes the wind gusts catch it and damage the car.

Also, it’s easy to combine 3-5 days in Iceland with 3-5 days in Britain or the EU given the way Icelandair layover fares work.